divaguer

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dīvagārī. See also vaguer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.va.ɡe/

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Verb

divaguer

1. to wander (to move about aimlessly, or on a winding course)
   • 2018, Zaz, J'aime j'aime:

     Quelqu’un qui divague un peu pour rien, juste parce-que ça fait du bien d’ penser à n’importe quoi.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. to ramble, to rant (to speak aimlessly, or on an unclear train of thought)
3. (of a path) to wind
4. (of movement) to wander, roam, wander about

Conjugation

Conjugation of divaguer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	divaguer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	divaguant /di.va.ɡɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		divagué /di.va.ɡe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	divague /di.vaɡ/	divagues /di.vaɡ/	divague /di.vaɡ/	divaguons /di.va.ɡɔ̃/	divaguez /di.va.ɡe/	divaguent /di.vaɡ/
	imperfect	divaguais /di.va.ɡɛ/	divaguais /di.va.ɡɛ/	divaguait /di.va.ɡɛ/	divaguions /di.va.ɡjɔ̃/	divaguiez /di.va.ɡje/	divaguaient /di.va.ɡɛ/
	past historic2	divaguai /di.va.ɡe/	divaguas /di.va.ɡa/	divagua /di.va.ɡa/	divaguâmes /di.va.ɡam/	divaguâtes /di.va.ɡat/	divaguèrent /di.va.ɡɛʁ/
	future	divaguerai /di.va.ɡʁe/	divagueras /di.va.ɡʁa/	divaguera /di.va.ɡʁa/	divaguerons /di.va.ɡʁɔ̃/	divaguerez /di.va.ɡʁe/	divagueront /di.va.ɡʁɔ̃/
	conditional	divaguerais /di.va.ɡʁɛ/	divaguerais /di.va.ɡʁɛ/	divaguerait /di.va.ɡʁɛ/	divaguerions /di.va.ɡə.ʁjɔ̃/	divagueriez /di.va.ɡə.ʁje/	divagueraient /di.va.ɡʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	divague /di.vaɡ/	divagues /di.vaɡ/	divague /di.vaɡ/	divaguions /di.va.ɡjɔ̃/	divaguiez /di.va.ɡje/	divaguent /di.vaɡ/
	imperfect2	divaguasse /di.va.ɡas/	divaguasses /di.va.ɡas/	divaguât /di.va.ɡa/	divaguassions /di.va.ɡa.sjɔ̃/	divaguassiez /di.va.ɡa.sje/	divaguassent /di.va.ɡas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	divague /di.vaɡ/	—	divaguons /di.va.ɡɔ̃/	divaguez /di.va.ɡe/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Synonyms

• délirer

Related terms

• divagation

Further reading

• “divaguer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.